Uniontown officer Daniel Stiles honored at memorial ceremony
A member of the Uniontown Police Department is among six law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year being honored during a ceremony in London, Ohio.
Thursday’s gathering at a training academy in London, west of Columbus, marks the 25th annual Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony. The attorney general’s office says the event [...]
Drilling inspectors needed: Ohio looks to hire as shale play spreads to more counties
By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer
Ohio expects to triple the number of its oil and gas field inspectors, as horizontal drilling and fracking of shale formations intensifies and moves west across the state.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants to have 90 inspectors in the field by early next year, up from more [...]
Ohio Senate passes bill honoring White Stumpf and Uniontown Police Capt. Daniel Stiles
By Robert Wang |CantonRep.com staff writer
The Ohio Senate voted 33-0 Tuesday to designate part of state Route 44 in Marlboro Township as the “First Lt. Ashley White Stumpf Memorial Highway.”
The bill now goes to the Ohio House.
If the bill becomes law, the memorial highway would include the section of Route 44 between state Route 619 [...]
Levy suit progressing in Lake Township
By Nancy Molnar
LAKE TWP.: Attorneys representing various parties are to submit written arguments by Monday to the Ohio Supreme Court in a lawsuit over a Lake Township police levy.
Township trustees and a citizens group are appealing the Jan. 25 decision by Stark County Common Pleas Judge John Haas that overturned passage of a continuing 4.5-mill [...]
Peninsula Lions Clubs continue eye care unit support
Another cheque for $1,428 has been presented to the Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre by the eight Burin Peninsula Lions Clubs.
Region ‘G’, Zone 10 Chairperson Lion Bruce Grandy explained the funds were raised from the recent Journey for Sight 2011 Event by District N-4.
Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation Chairperson Jerry Pike recalled starting in 1991-92 [...]
Vote on Lake Township police levy continues to divide community
By Nancy Molnar
Special to the Beacon Journal
LAKE TWP.: Imagine walking into the voting booth and facing this option: You can vote for a service and still lower your taxes.
That’s what some Uniontown police district residents did Nov. 8, when they voted to expand their Uniontown Police Department and its tax base to the remainder of [...]
Lake Township trustees meeting of March 12
By Mary Ann Kannam
LAKE TWP. —KEY ACTION Agreed to own and manage East Nimishillen Cemetery.
DISCUSSION The East Nimishillen Cemetery Association is transferring ownership and control of the cemetery to the trustees because of a shortage of volunteers to operate the property.
OTHER ACTION
• Trustee John Arnold told resident Don Williamson he will contact Lake Local [...]
Girl Scouting turns 100
By Lori Monsewicz | CantonRep.com staff writer
JACKSON TWP. —
Girl Scouts from all over the area, many of whom have been Scouts for more than a half-century, gathered Sunday to celebrate their organization with a tea.
The event entitled “Silver and Gold — Celebrating the Memories, Living the Promise,” took place at the St. Stephen the Martyr [...]
